Footmobile.



W. S. HASSKARL.

I POOTMOBILB.

' APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1914.

1,124,897, Patented Jan. 12,.1915.

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FOOTMOBILB.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. 1914, 1,124,897; Patented Jan.,12,191.5.

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FOOTMOBILE.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed A il as, 19 14. Serial No. 835,180.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. HAss- KARL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Footmobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks, particularly to that class adapted to childrens use and bearing such a name as footmobile.

The object-is to provide a device. comprising an improved form of truck for the con veyance of children, and adapted to be propelled by the occupant unaided, except when.

assisted by gravity on a downgrade, at which time it is not necessary for said occu pant to exert himself in the least; or the operator may stand upon the running board and propel the device by pushing rearwardly with the foot upon the ground.-

Another object is to provide such a device,

, so constructed as to make it possible for, the

. occupant to either sit or stand upon the vice are fully brought out in the following specification, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of' the preferred embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same; Fig.3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4

is a section on the line 44'of Fig. 1; Fig. 5v

is a vertical section of the steering mechanism mounting; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the foot rest supports; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of' the steering lever locking sleeve; Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of foot rest; Fig. 10'is a side elevation of the same; and Fig. 11 is a perspective viewofth'e foot rest supporting member. 1

Referring to the drawings, the invention comprises a running board 1, secured at its upper board 4, the latter forming a 'seat for the operator or occupant. Said boards 3 and 4 are supported in spaced relation with each other by a pair of frames 5 hav ing integral projections 6 and 7 respectively,

to which the boards are secured in any suit-- able manner. From the bottom of each of the frames 5 extend integral projections 8,

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

I rear end to'the top of a transversely extending board 3, parallel with which isan provided with studs 9, adapted to receive and rotatably carry the respective Wheels 10, said wheels being secured to said studs in any well-known manner, such as by bolts and nuts, or by rivet heads.

Adjacent to the forward end of the board 1, a sectional bearing 15 is secured by means of a flange 16 and screws 17 to said board, said bearing passing through the diagonally extending aperture 18, and being provided with an axial, longitudinally extending bore 19, in which is revolubly mounted the shank 21' of a yoke 22, carrying a pin 23', upon which revolves a wheel 24, said shank being also provided with a circumferential flange 25, which, with the shoulder 26 of the yoke,

prevents a longitudinal movement of the shank.

For steering the device, a lever 31 is provided, havinghandles 32, and bifurcated at its lower end to receive the metallic member 33, said member being held in place by a pin 34 and prevented from oscillating by ferrule-like rings 35, provided with projections 36, either integral or otherwise. Normally surrounding the shank 21 and revoluble thereon is a sleeve 41, shown in Fig. 7,

and provided with a longitudinal slot 42,

bridged by lateral extensions 43 and adapted to pass along the radially extendingridge 44, formed with the shank 21 until-it is free of the same and surrounds the mem-.- ber 33, after which said sleeve is revolved approximately a quarter turn and there removably held by the cooperation of the top of said'ridge 44 with the sides of the" recess 45. To releasethe steering lever from the fixed position, the I sleeve is raised and turned until the extensions 43 pass over the said ridge.

Substantially midway of the length of the board 1 is a pivot pin 51 which passes downwardly through a horizontally extending member 52 and carries upon its lower end a yoke 53 and wheel 54, as shown in Figs. 1, '2 and 4. Two parallel rods 55,

preferably of wood, are secured the alined holes of the respective apertured having arms 66, and being spaced from the under side-of the running board 1 by sleeves or bushings 67, is supported by bolts 68, passing through said bushings, a third or pivotal bolt 69 passing through the member 65 and running board 1 and being secured to the latter.

positions shown in full or dotted lines in Fig. 9 and removablyv maintained in each position by cooperation with the upstand= ing lugs 71 on the member 65 while being supported by said member and removable from engagement with said lugs by raising" the former upwardly, at which elevation said foot rest may be readily turned to assume the other of the possible positions.

Surrounding the bolt 6911s a foot rest 70 adapted to assume either of the I niaaee'r 1e one preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it

- is obvious that numerous changes in the details of construction and operation may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention or from the scope of the aptransversely disposed board secured to one end of the running board, frames connected to opposite ends of the second-named board, I

a seat fixed to said frames in superimposed relation to the said second-named board,

bearings formed on the frames and extending below the second-named board and having journals, wheels rotatably mounted on the. said journals, a steering wheel arranged at the opposite end of the running board, a foot rest mounted medially of the running board, a wheel having a bearing swiveled at the point of the foot rest, and means for permitting adjustment of the foot rest laterally with respect to the running board In testimony whereof I aflix mysi-gnature inpresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. HASSKARL. Witnesses:

HELEN G. DALEY,

NORMAN J. SMITH. v 

